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LifeFlow to help Ballad patients receive blood, fluids faster
WJHL Tri-Cities via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A new portable device will help Ballad Health patients receive fluids...
Ballad to hike new nursing pay by 25% to $30 an hour
WJHL Tri-Cities via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Ballad Health will pay new registered nurses $30 to $32 an hour, depending on the hospital they serve, after the hospital...
Study: Ballad trauma consolidation improved outcomes
WJHL Tri-Cities via Yahoo News· 2 months agoJOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A recently released study of trauma patient outcomes before and after Ballad Health closed one of its two Level 1 trauma...
These Appalachia hospitals made big promises to gain a monopoly. They’re failing to deliver.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 8 months agoJOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Five years ago, rival hospital companies in this blue-collar corner of...
Ballad: 5,600 current employees to see pay raises
WJHL Tri-Cities via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Ballad Health officials say the system is short about 600 nurses as of Wednesday. This spring, the company is investing more...
Ballad Health names Hilton as new chief financial officer
WJHL Tri-Cities via Yahoo Finance· 2 months agoJOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Ballad Health on Tuesday named Shane Hilton as its new chief financial...
After Ballad Health secured hospital monopoly in Tennessee, patients’ time in ER tripled
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 3 months agoBallad Health was granted the nation’s largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly in 2018. Since...
In Tennessee, Ballad Health gets an A grade no matter how its hospitals performed
Tennessee Lookout via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoA Tennessee agency that is supposed to hold accountable and grade the nation’s largest...
Lifesaving technology at JCMC gives Blountville woman another chance at life
WJHL Tri-Cities via Yahoo News· 2 months agoJOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Complications from the flu might send some people to the hospital but...
Editor’s notebook: Continued issues with Ballad Health mean concerns for patients
Tennessee Lookout via Yahoo News· 1 week agoTennessee gets a lot of knocks on health and health care metrics, and the state shares, if not owns,...